Spring Peepers

We are visiting our granddaughter in Northampton, MA. Last night I went on an evening run to buy some cat food for the family's two cats. As I stepped out of the car at the Stop and Shop parking lot, I was greeted by a magnificent din which rattled my tinnitus addled ears - Spring Peepers! Every year, at the first hearing, I am amazed that I have forgotten this annual mating cacophony shaking winter out of the air! Whatever last brutality Winter throws at us now, it will be a last gasp. The silent dark has lost its grip for this season.